The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-06-29
Montpelier and Vicinity.

stroke of paralysis.
Miss HELEN wooLsoN is visiting an uncle
in Cleveland, Ohio.
II. L. PARKER of the Bradford opinion
was in town Monday.
CHARLIE DAVIS is serving temporarily as
bell-boy at the Pavilion.
NINETEEN persons will be received into
the Baptist church on Sunday next.
Miss JENNIE PHINNEY is at home again,
after four months absence in the West
The band will play at the corner of Win
ter and Summer streets Thursday evening.
MASTERS PERCY AND ALFRED HINcKs
grandmother.
THE closing exercises of St. Mchael's
school will be held at Blanchard Opera
house this evening.
CHARLES w. WILLARD was the valedic-
torian of the class of 'S7 of St. Johnsbury
Academy, numbering sixty-three members.
JOHN MATToCKs of Detroit, Michigan, and
A. Belknap of San Antonio, Texas, with
their families are at the Pavilion Hotel for
the summer.
THE younger children of Trinity Sunday
school had a pleasant picnic on one of the
hills near this village Tuesday Mrs. ID. l..
Fuller assumed the care of the little folks.
Hon. l.. p POLAND, G. L. Linsley of Bur
lington Henry w. Tewksbury of West
Randolph and Captain G. S. Forbes were
among the arrivals at the Pavilion yesterday
GEORGE WILDER is at home from Boston
for the summer vacation. He was ac.
companied on his return by " sheepskin -
of honor from the New England Con.
servatory.
The Sunday schools of this place will have
a union basket picnic to Providence Island
in Lake Champlain on Tuesday, July 10Th
going in the cars to Burlington and thence
to the island by steamer Reindeer"
TWELVE persons are on probation for adj
mission to Trinity church. The regular
quarterly meeting will be held at this
church next Sunday and the sermon will
be preached by Presiding Elder A. B
Truax.
j. AUSTIN PAINE, formerly of Montpelier
and for eight years employed as a mouldel
in the Fairbanks scale factory at st. Johns
bury, goes to Binghamton, n. Y, where
he has accepted position as foreman of the
foundry.
THE Busy Bees are to have strawberry
festival at Bethany chapel Thursday after
noon from four o'clock until seven. Straw
berries ice-cream and cake will be served
and the proceeds will be devoted to mis-
sionary purposes.
COMMUNION service at Bethany church on
Sunday next will be observed in connection
with the regular morning service. AT that
time forty-seven persons will unite with the
church, thirty-nine by confession of faith
and eight by letter.
THE ladies of the Church of the Messiah
will give lawn party at A. C. Browns, OF
Summer street, Thursday evening. Cake
and ice-cream will be served. Should the
weather be unfavorable the party will be
postponed until the next evening.
HENRY, second son of T. j. Deavitt Esq.
very nearly suffered the loss of an eye or
Friday of last week by the bursting of
| fre-cracker. The eye is seriously injured
and the other one is very painful, but nC
permanent disiguration is expected to re
suit to either.
To Mrs. S. H. o. Bosworth we hereby re
turn our most profound " for box of de
licious strawberries picked in her garden
on Looms street Monday afternoon. Among
the lot were several which weighed ar
ounce apiece and each of which made two
mouthfuls, even in our mouth.
BY means of summer arrangement o
trains on the Boston & Lowell road Bostor
morning papers arrive in Woodsville il
season to be put aboard the accommodation
train due here from Wells River at 12: Il
Pm, Boston morning papers are thus de
livered here daily soon after noon.
THE Schubert Quartette, consisting of Mis-
Mary A. Phinney and Mr.. f. w. Bancroft
of Montpelier and Miss Fannie Lemon anC
Mr.. c. S. Cornell of Burlington, with Mis-
Kate E. Macomber OF the latter place as
accompanist, started yesterday on a briei
concert tour upon the western side of the
state.
A SUMMER arrangement of trains wen
into effect on the Montpelier & Wells Rive
railroad Monday, and trains now leav,
Montpelier at s: 80 and 10: 40 A. NJ. and a
L. 10 and 4: 40 p NJ; arrive in Montpelier at
900 A. NJ. and u; 10, 10 and s: 10 P. NJ
The S,u,ddy Herald and Globe train will alst
be put on next Sunday.
LETTERS uncalled for at the Montpelier
| (Vt) post-offce June 25 1887:
| Mrs, Margaret Gosselin, X. Cummings,
! Rosa Gaesui, Thomas DAILY,
| Miss q. b. Lynch, A. c. Lilly,
| Mrs. r. q, Martin, Geo. Leblanc,
! Mrs George l.. Pease, Alvin l.. Wheeler
! Mrs Eliza Robinson,
Parties applying for any of the above mus
say advertised" and give the date.
GEORGE w. WING, Postmaster.
IT will be source of qualification t.
Montpelier friends of Miss Hattie Tromble,
to learn of her success in the Regents eX
animation at Plattsburgh recently. o
fifteen persons who took this examination
only three passed, and of those three sh,
stood foremost, barely missing the perfec
mark of one hundred The exami nation il
made upon various topics, and the time is